New Zealand vs Pakistan: Pakistan defeated New Zealand in the last match of the T20 series. This is Pakistan's first victory under the captaincy of Shaheen Afridi. However, Pakistan team had to face 4-1 defeat in the series. The team won the last match by 42 runs. Iftikhar Ahmed was chosen player of the match. He took 3 wickets. Fans will hardly be happy after Pakistan's victory, because the team has lost the series. Many types of reactions have been seen on social media regarding this.
Batting first, Pakistan scored 134 runs with the loss of 8 wickets. During this, Mohammad Rizwan faced 38 balls and scored 38 runs. He hit 4 fours. Fakhar Zaman faced 16 balls and scored 33 runs. He hit one four and 4 sixes. In response, the New Zealand team was all out after scoring 92 runs. Finn Allen contributed 22 runs and Tim Seifert contributed 19 runs.
It is noteworthy that after losing badly in the World Cup 2023, a lot changed in Pakistan cricket. Babar Azam resigned from captaincy. After this, Shaheen Afridi was given the responsibility of T20. Pakistan team played a five-match series against New Zealand. Pakistan had to face heavy defeat in the first four matches. Although the team won the last match.
Shaheen is included in the list of best bowlers of Pakistan. But he does not have captaincy experience. Shaheen has taken 113 wickets in 29 test matches. He has taken 104 wickets in 53 ODI matches. Afridi has taken 73 wickets in 57 T20 matches. Afridi's best performance in a T20 match was taking 4 wickets for 22 runs.
Also read: PAK vs NZ T20I: Pakistan saved its shame by winning the last match of the series, defeated New Zealand by 42 runs.
